What To Do This Week, July 8-11

The best, nay, only way to alleviate the back-to-work blues after a luxuriously long weekend? Beer and comedy. Luckily, Sweetwater is happy to oblige with its every-other-Monday comedy night. Kick back, try that new Hefeweizen (it's really good!) and enjoy a good ol' belly laugh.

A shiny new bike rack at a bar? A cause for celebration, if the Spindle has anything to do with it. The urban cycling apparel designers are hosting their very first event to christen Top Flr's new bike rack with Terrapin specials, a live DJ and discounted tabs for bikers.

Write Club's monthly brain-battle is upon us again, this time pitting its challengers against one another under the themes of guts vs. glory, pain vs. gain and live vs. die… and six talented, brave writers vs. each other in Write Club's monthly throwdown of words and sentences.

The emerging artists-in-residency at the Atlanta Printmakers Studio have spent the past six months creating new work. Now, in the culmination of the residency, the public gets a chance to see what Ann Stewart, Jason Kofke and Patrick Di Rito have been up to (and, if you stick around for the 8 p.m. artists' talk, hear a little backstory on the prints too).

Did you know Aldabra tortoises are not only the world's second-largest tortoise species, they also make for excellent drinking buddies? Well, you won't exactly be sharing your 'rita with these guys, but you can enjoy an up-close and personal encounter with them at Zoo Atlanta's monthly evening of cocktails, live music and wildlife. (Note to self: next month's edition involves otters!)